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Nanny state is no longer on steroids, it has turned into the Incredible Hulk

Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet.com
September 25, 2012

From people being harassed for paying by cash or having a food garden, to Americans being arrested for letting their children play outside – innumerable examples over the past few months alone illustrate that the United States is no longer a free country.

The nanny state is no longer just on steroids, it has turned into the Incredible Hulk as collectivism, pernicious bureaucracy, regulation, mass surveillance and outright tyranny runs wild across the country.

Here are just a selection of stories from scores of recent examples illustrating how America is ‘land of the Free, home of the brave’ no more.

- The war on lemonade stands[3], traditionally viewed as a quaint example of America’s entrepreneurial spirit, has intensified in recent months with cops slapping parents with fines for letting their kids run “unlicensed” lemonade stands in three separate incidents over the last year alone. A map of restrictions[4] on child-run concession stands illustrates how there have been dozens of examples of police interference across the country.

- After an 11-year battle with the state of Oregon, landowner Gary Harrington was found guilty under a 1925 law and sentenced to spend 30 days in jail[5] for collecting rainwater in three “illegal reservoirs” despite the fact that they are on his property.

- Cities are passing ordinances[8] that makes recycling compulsory from, with those who fail to comply under threat of fines up to $2500 dollars. In Cleveland, people who fail to recycle are flagged by the RFID chip embedded in their trash can, added to a database and then targeted by green cops[9] who are dispatched to intimidate homeowners.

- The Eleventh Circuit US Court of Appeals has ruled[10] that private contractors operating toll roads on behalf of the state have the power to detain and store records on motorists who pay by cash at toll booths – another example of how using cash is increasingly being treated as a suspicious activity.

- Earlier this year we reported [11]on how the FBI was telling businesses to treat people who use cash to pay for a cup of coffee as potential terrorists.

- We also recently highlighted the case of Texas resident Julia Garcia[12], who was falsely imprisoned and harassed by Wal-Mart employees for attempting to buy goods with a $100 dollar bill the Wal-Mart cashiers erroneously claimed was fake.

- A DOJ-funded police training manual [14]tells cops to treat people who have a political opinion that “represents a fairly popular point of view” or those who display a political bumper sticker supporting the bill of rights as terrorists.

- The Obama administration has successfully reinstated[15] the indefinite detention provisions of the National Defense Authorization Act, which allow American citizens to be kidnapped and held without charge.

- Parents are being harassed[22] and investigated by Child Protective Services and police for feeding his daughters organic food, refusing to make them drink fluoride-poisoned tap water and not having them injected with mercury-laden vaccines.

- The Californian city of Lancaster will be the first to experience a “new era in law enforcement surveillance” with residents set to be watched by a permanent eye in the sky[29] which will beam constant video footage back to police headquarters including crimes in progress as well as “scenes of mundane day-to-day life.”

- Former Marine Brandon Raub was kidnapped [32]from his home by police, FBI and Secret Service agents and forcibly incarcerated in a psychiatric ward by authorities in Virginia in response to political Facebook posts.

[37] You know you’re no longer living in a free country when…: http://www.prisonplanet.com/you-know-you%e2%80%99re-no-longer-living-in-a-free-country-when%e2%80%a6.html

[38] 10 Examples That Should Convince Anyone That We No Longer Live In The Land Of The Free And The Home Of The Brave: http://www.prisonplanet.com/10-examples-that-should-convince-anyone-that-we-no-longer-live-in-the-land-of-the-free-and-the-home-of-the-brave.html

[39] First Amendment Under Attack: 18 Examples Of How They Are Coming For Our Free Speech: http://www.prisonplanet.com/first-amendment-under-attack-18-examples-of-how-they-are-coming-for-our-free-speech.html

[40] Is America Still A Free Country?: http://www.prisonplanet.com/is-america-still-a-free-country.html

[41] American Company Teams Up With Country Star Mark Wills To Keep Jobs In America: http://www.prisonplanet.com/american-company-teams-up-with-country-star-mark-wills-to-keep-jobs-in-america.html